Coder -vs- Developer
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Are you a coder or a developer? Do you enjoy the design components of devlopment best or the coding aspects best? Do you think employers know the difference?
I think I like the "innovation" part of programming the best, so I guess that makes me a developer. I've got a constrant stream of ideas as far as ways to make things easier on the user end which I think is really important when you've got a gaggle of people in the market place looking for the most no-nonsense way to get something done. It's important to keep that in mind when your coding. I don't like the idea of being a "grunt" and working of someones already developed technology. better to develop your own and make it better than to replicate me thinks. Can you imagine Darth Maul on speed?
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Are you a coder or a developer? Do you enjoy the design components of devlopment best or the coding aspects best? Do you think employers know the difference?
1. Developer 2. Yes Tim Smith I know what you're thinking punk, you're thinking did he spell check this document? Well, to tell you the truth I kinda forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this here's CodeProject, the most powerful forums in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question, Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk?
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Are you a coder or a developer? Do you enjoy the design components of devlopment best or the coding aspects best? Do you think employers know the difference?
I like both :) I like programming, and if something helps me with it, I'm happy, but usually trying to understand what component do and how it implemented, although using them and not writing again. Coder and developer is a bit hard to make difference between them. Are you coder? So why you don't want to write your own Visual Studio and using existing one? :) Are you developer? So why are you writing all those boring lines of code instead of developing user interface in Visio and letting someone else to write code for you? I think this is all same :) We are programmers... hehe Philip Patrick Web-site: www.stpworks.com "Two beer or not two beer?" Shakesbeer Need Web-based database administrator? You already have it!
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Are you a coder or a developer? Do you enjoy the design components of devlopment best or the coding aspects best? Do you think employers know the difference?
I consider myself a developer as coding is only a small part of what I do. A lot of my previous employers never understood the software development wasn't just sitting infront of a keyboard typing. Michael :-)
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Are you a coder or a developer? Do you enjoy the design components of devlopment best or the coding aspects best? Do you think employers know the difference?
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I like both :) I like programming, and if something helps me with it, I'm happy, but usually trying to understand what component do and how it implemented, although using them and not writing again. Coder and developer is a bit hard to make difference between them. Are you coder? So why you don't want to write your own Visual Studio and using existing one? :) Are you developer? So why are you writing all those boring lines of code instead of developing user interface in Visio and letting someone else to write code for you? I think this is all same :) We are programmers... hehe Philip Patrick Web-site: www.stpworks.com "Two beer or not two beer?" Shakesbeer Need Web-based database administrator? You already have it!
I like both also, but I think in the future (3-7 years out) I will strongly prefer the non-coding aspects best. Philip Patrick wrote: Coder and developer is a bit hard to make difference between them Maybe I chose the wrong words. To me a coder is someone who can type lines of code and follow a somewhat detailed design and debug their work. A developer is someone who can see the "big picture", develop an architecture and implement it. I have met several people who could do one or the other well, but not both.
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I consider myself a developer as coding is only a small part of what I do. A lot of my previous employers never understood the software development wasn't just sitting infront of a keyboard typing. Michael :-)
Michael P Butler wrote: I consider myself a developer as coding is only a small part of what I do. I agree totally. Anymore it seems that coding is less than 50% of my job. Michael P Butler wrote: A lot of my previous employers never understood the software development wasn't just sitting infront of a keyboard typing. I am fortunante that my boss appreciates what development is. However, it seems that many employers don't have a clue.
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Are you a coder or a developer? Do you enjoy the design components of devlopment best or the coding aspects best? Do you think employers know the difference?
I'd say I'm both. I'll probably be doing more developing and designing in the immediate future, though, as our team dives into a major re-design of our code. Sometimes being a coder gets in the way of being a developer, though. Often when I start a small project, I know that I should do a good job designing it first, but it's more fun to just dive in and start hacking away. :-D No generalization is 100% true. Not even this one.
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I like both also, but I think in the future (3-7 years out) I will strongly prefer the non-coding aspects best. Philip Patrick wrote: Coder and developer is a bit hard to make difference between them Maybe I chose the wrong words. To me a coder is someone who can type lines of code and follow a somewhat detailed design and debug their work. A developer is someone who can see the "big picture", develop an architecture and implement it. I have met several people who could do one or the other well, but not both.
Ah well, so I'm a coder :) Philip Patrick Web-site: www.stpworks.com "Two beer or not two beer?" Shakesbeer Need Web-based database administrator? You already have it!
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Are you a coder or a developer? Do you enjoy the design components of devlopment best or the coding aspects best? Do you think employers know the difference?
I am deffinatly a Coder !!! I spend almost 95% of my time programming. Even if I have to develop a really huge algorithm, I still develop it while coding. Just put it in a small test program and make it bigger, better, faster, ... And YES, my employer knows the difference... I think I'm one of the lucky ones...
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Are you a coder or a developer? Do you enjoy the design components of devlopment best or the coding aspects best? Do you think employers know the difference?
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Are you a coder or a developer? Do you enjoy the design components of devlopment best or the coding aspects best? Do you think employers know the difference?
Matt Gullett wrote: Are you a coder or a developer? Actually I feel more ike an artist who uses code as a medium for my work. Matt Gullett wrote: Do you think employers know the difference? I doubt a majority do, unfortunatly. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
More about me :-)
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Are you a coder or a developer? Do you enjoy the design components of devlopment best or the coding aspects best? Do you think employers know the difference?
I enjoy designing a system, solving problems ready for implementing, designing user interfaces, and obviously coding. So I guess this makes me a developer and not just a coder. Simon I need your clothes, your boots, and your copy of VS.NET. Sonork ID 100.10024
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Are you a coder or a developer? Do you enjoy the design components of devlopment best or the coding aspects best? Do you think employers know the difference?
Don't Developers get laid more often ? Just curious...:)